JIM FEIST: Indus Red

Jim Feist

Indus Red

© 2003 Jim Feist (659696052925)

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Sensuous and mind tingling, Indus Red uses tabla, harmonium, guitar, flute and a host of other instruments to take you through the Indian subcontinent on a mystical journey through time

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"A combination of Indian influences and Western music, it is more groove-oriented and trance-inducing than Mohenjo's material. He plays all of the percussion plus harmonium and the droning, stringed tanpura. Being a drummer, Feist focuses on rhythmic embellishments, resulting in a sound that is equal parts drum corps and opium den."

-Cincymusic.com

"Feist starts a flurry on the tabla. Even without any accompaniment, his polyrhythmic notes are almost too much to fathom. How does such a full sound come from one drummer? For the uninitiated, the tabla is played with the full hand, as well as the palm and fingers, so it's possible to have multiple notes with one hand."

-Artspike Magazine

"Jim Feist plays the tabla sitting on the floor, his fingers and palms alternating on the drum face in a mesmerizing beat."

-Cincinnati Enquirer

"Sitting cross-legged opposite Jim Feist, watching him manipulating the tabla, I'm mesmerized by the array of sounds he charms from the instruments. When it's my turn, the only noise I can coax from the drums sounds like hitting a cardboard box".

-Ezra Waller



"Jim Feist plots swirling tabla rhythms"

-City Beat magazine



"This is surely the first time a musician has thanked me for purchasing their music personally, but it gives me an opportunity to say THANK YOU! I love "Indus Red". I listened to snippets on CD Baby, and it touched me immediately. I am a percussive person, unable to sit still listening to ragas or polkas or tangoes (is that how you spell plural tango?), patting out beats on my knees. I've gone around the world to hear taiko, conga, tabla, and djembes. Anyway, your music takes all that I love about East Indian music, exotic sound, drum, and trance and puts it all together.

I teach art in a high school and use music to stimulate or aggravate students into creating things. When I brought in "Indus Red", it was the first time most of my students had ever heard anything like it. I love when some of them 'get it' and let it in and are changed by it.

Thank you for creating inspiration! And let me know when you produce another CD!"

-Roberta Sealey ---- Valencia California



Indus Red fuses the musical traditions of India with the west. The instruments on this recording are Harmonium, Guitar, Tabla, Flute, Banjo, Tanpura, Piano, and various drums.
From Devotional (Mataji's smile), to Tabla solo (Tabla Panch), to meditational (Savitri's Love), to Club ( Mighty Bhima Remix), Indus Red takes you on an unforgettable journey.






All songs and percussion by Jim Feist*



Jim began his musical training on the drumset at the age of 11. After pursuing Jazz and Fusion music his world was turned upside down when he delved into Indian Classical Music and the art of Tabla. Since 1990 Jim has been consumed by this art form.

He has traveled to India several times to learn Tabla from Ustad Allah Rakka, and Vibhav Nageshkar. He is currently under the tutelage of Yogesh Samsi. He has studied stateside from Sukvinder Singh Namdhari, Samir Chatterji, Naren Desai, and a handful of other notable players. .

Jim has been recorded on albums by composer Kanniks Kannikeswaran for two all India releases, and the group he co-founded Mohenjo Daro ( Tandem Records ) . He has performed with the "Chapman stick" artist Greg Howard (Dave Matthews Collaborator )and Ashiq Khan where he performed in Rajasthan India. He has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on several occassions, and at the Montreal Jazz-Festival with Mohenjo Daro.

Jim has also accompanied Budhadeav das Gupta, Laxmi Shankar, Kankana Banerjee, Anupama Sharma, Rajeshree Ghosh, Manu Srivastava and many other Indian classicists who travel through and near the mid-west.


* Serpent Dance Remix by Billy Alletzhauser
* The Mighty Bhima Remix by Ric Hordinski
* Savitri's Love Co-written with Michael Belperio

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  • WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    author: Tera White

    I am really enjoying this c.d. I have NEVER heard anything like it. I don't know what else to say!

  • this album is excellent for driving or just chilling out
    author: phil

    i love cruising in my car to this album. i also enjoy listening to it when i am mellowing out at home. exceptionally rhythmic and creative. jim feist is an extraordinary tabla player and has created works that repeat in my head long after the stereo has been shut off.

  • refreshingly subtle
    author: Dorian Holbreck

    totally fresh and new sound like nothing i have ever heard. great for long long drives through the Alps

  • Soothing sound
    author: Steven Holt

    The most original sounding music I have ever heard. Especially love the spoken rhythm piece.

  • grandson begged me for it
    author: marian stolz

    My grandson "had" to have this music so I bought it for him. I don't know how he found it. Now I like it as much as he does. We are presently burning it in our new c.d burner and giving it to the whole family. Thank you Indus Red

  • unlike anything i have ever heard
    author: Denise Overbeck

    I have been wanting to pen this review for some time but just never had the chance. That was until I listened to Indus Red again today. It gets better every time I hear it and it reminded me to write this. The musical description at the top of the web page coaxed me into buying this. The description could not have been more right!

  • found this beautiful recording just surfing
    author: Michael Ulrich

    I am impressed by the way Mr.Feist has fused classical with occidental improv music. This has been done before but never to this level of success. I have worked as a freelance music critic in L.A. for the past decade and I have NEVER heard this kind of fusion done with this much tact and authenticity. Great job! Looking forward to the next one.

  • Incredible Sound!!!
    author: Chuck Thunderbird

    The tabla performance on this CD is masterful! I've never heard a Western musician play Eastern percussion this well. Indus Red will not leave my disc changer for a long time. Truly a feast for the ears.

  • Gyeah!
    author: Doug Krebs

    What a great sound! A very rare treat to hear this combination of styles and instruments blended so well, and funky too.

  • Kya bhat hai!!!! Finally a "fusion" record i LOVE
    author: Sandeep Mehta

    A friend told me about this group and i am glad i have founded them. It subtley reminds me of home :lucknow) while at the same time has feelings from the U.S. don't know if i got across what i wanted to say but great stuff indus red

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